New: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens for mirrorless cameras

Another interesting product that was on display during the 2013 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens for mirrorless cameras (pictured on a Sony NEX mirrorless camera). The lens is expected to be released in July, 2013 with a price between ¥120,000 - ¥ 150,000 ($1,200-$1,600). The lens will be available in X mount (Fuji), M mount (Leica), Micro Four Thirds and Canon M.

Hence the non-committal “potentially imply.” But if they’re selling it in M mount, one could make the reasonable assumption that the image circle will at least COVER a full-frame sensor, if not necessarily cover it WELL. I’d find it odd for a company to produce a lens for any camera knowing that it was going to perpetually look like shooting through the end of a Warner Bros cartoon.

Fants

Hence the non-committal “potentially imply.” But if they’re selling it in M mount, one could make the reasonable assumption that the image circle will at least COVER a full-frame sensor, if not necessarily cover it WELL. I’d find it odd for a company to produce a lens for any camera knowing that it was going to perpetually look like shooting through the end of a Warner Bros cartoon.

Alan

I’m also wondering if it is a rangefinder coupled lens as well.

Mistral75

No, DC Watch definitely reports it is not coupled, therefore usable with Leica M and Ricoh GXR with M module.

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The new M has live view but then you’re better off with a full frame Nex that’s on the horizon.

Mistral75

No, DC Watch definitely reports it is not coupled, therefore usable with Leica M and Ricoh GXR with M module.

http://genotypewritings.blogspot.com/ genotypewriter

The new M has live view but then you’re better off with a full frame Nex that’s on the horizon.

Not all mirrorless cameras have a crop factor of 2x. You can even put it on a full frame mirrorless now, although the vg-900 I’m referring to is not in the shape of a typical stills camera.

http://www.facebook.com/cloudnein Chris Knight

wow, seriously M mount? Wonder how the vignetting will be full-frame. But that’d be the version I’d get–being the most adaptable to the other mount types. (Hope there’s no price premium tho’.)

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wow, seriously M mount? Wonder how the vignetting will be full-frame. But that’d be the version I’d get–being the most adaptable to the other mount types. (Hope there’s no price premium tho’.)

Jorge

“Hope there’s no price premium tho’…”
Not sure about price premium but it sure is the size/length premium…

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The optics are going to be the same… so it’s the barrel length that wil most likely change and the M mount will have a shorter barrel in fact but if you’re putting it on a non-M body I’d count the adapter thickness too.

Pablo Ricasso

Does someone else find the length being rediculously long for a 40mm lens?

I guess that’s the price designers have to pay to cram and extra 1-2 stops of light in a lenses for mirrorless cameras. Laws of physics still apply being full frame or mirrorless, unfortunatelly.

Sebastian

This lens may be very useful for scientific low-light imaging, for example on sCMOS detectors, which are even smaller than m43. The issue are coatings. I’ve used f/0.95 lenses, and they were more like T/1.3.

Sebastian

This lens may be very useful for scientific low-light imaging, for example on sCMOS detectors, which are even smaller than m43. The issue are coatings. I’ve used f/0.95 lenses, and they were more like T/1.3.

http://genotypewritings.blogspot.com/ genotypewriter

Don’t forget the aberrations…

Colin Su

Wow what an ugly lens..no thx.

spiderman

1.5 x 0.85 = ~f/1.3

Sam

So… it’s mounted to a Sony NEX, but won’t be offered in a NEX mount? WTH?

Sam

So… it’s mounted to a Sony NEX, but won’t be offered in a NEX mount? WTH?